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The author's communicative aim is to teach people, it is better to understand the acquaintances and relatives.
The title of this story is symbolic.
It shows us excerpt from proverb: " a friend in need is a friend indeed".
The action takes place in Kobe.
At the beginning of this story, the author describes us that the first impression about people usually is always deceptive.
In this he found in his personal experience.
It is an exposition.
Further on we learnt about the incident that had happened Kobe.
The author begins to describe us his acquaintance.
They got acquaintanced in the British Club.
Barton is a protagonist of this story.
He is a dynamic round character.
The author shows him indirectly on the one hand.
Readers can think that Barton is reliable, kind,sympathy and not conflict.
He has a big family.
His friend tells Maugham story of his namesake Lenny Burton,who is a remarkable player of 35 years old and doesn't have money to pay his hotel bill and in need of money and work.
During their conversation his friend knows that this player in his youth is not a bad swimmer,but over the years has lost skills.
Barton has the idea to invite him to a dispute that his namesake lose.
The out come of this story is the last Barton's actions in which he shows the essence of a cynical and cowardly man.
September 2015
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